Denver (KDVR) – Students all over Colorado returns to school, and the Colorado State Patrol wants the drivers slow and stop when they see the white red lights.
There are also new rules drivers who need to know this year.
As of May 24, you should stop a school bus with a flashing red lights even if you are in the next corridor, unless there is a material barrier between you and the bus.
“In the past, if you were traveling in a school bus exhibition direction, everything you need was a coated line or medium-coating things like that. Now this is no longer- this is no longer,” Hunter Matthews soldier said with CSP. “What you need is either a raised or depressed broker. Or a material barrier. Something will separate you and your car from that school bus. In this way, it is somewhat difficult for the child to run out in front of you.
There is increasing concern that drivers still do not know or ignore when they are supposed to stop.
Matthews said: “We respond all the time for them during the school year. There is often where people believe that the school bus is on the right shoulder. I can pass it on the opposition traffic and then run out of the bus from the bus,” Matthews said.
Indeed, this year, the soldiers say they handed nine quotes. For five years, from 2021-2025, five accidents occurred when drivers did not stop.
Matthews said: “Four of them are damage to property and the other is an injury,” Matthews said. “These numbers are very high in general. We want that zero.”
In 2024, CSP 15 issued a quote for people who did not stop. So before you think about passing the bus, take a moment because it may be the life of the child behind the flashy red lights.
Drivers should stop at least 20 feet behind the busy red lights, unless there is a raised average or depressed between them. CSP says when you are in doubt only stop.
“If you are thinking about your mind, you may need to stop this school bus, it may be a safe decision to stop these children. Only you can survey any place to stop the school bus, because where this school bus stopped, it became intersection and needs to ensure that you can monitor these children to ensure that they can be able to do through the road safely,” Matthews said.
Matthews added that if you are arrested, you will pass a school bus illegally, you can face consequences.
“You can get a quote,” he said. “Depending on the circumstances behind this, calling for the service of the court and society. Things in this way.”